Wash-board



J. W. WILLIAMS & I. H. EDDY.

WASH BOARD.

Patented. Peb.9, 1886.

(No Model.)

III I! I! 41 ff LIMITED S'ra'rns Parent tlrrrca JAMES XV. XVILLIAMS ANDIRVINE H. EDDY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WASH BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,869, dated February9, 1886.

Application liled May '26, 1885. Serial No. 166.768. (No model.)

WV. WVilliams September 2, 1884, Serial No.

].42,062,for improvement in wash-boards,th ere is described and claimeda wash-board provided with a perforated or barred opening or space nearits top describing a space suited to receive and hold a cake of soappressed against the surfaeebars or open cover of said space, to exposethe soap to the rubbing of the wet clothes lo make the suds, avoid thehandling of the soap, and to economize it.

In a subsequent application for a patent filed by us January 2, 1885,under Serial No. 151,784., we have described and claimed thecombination, with a wash-board having an unobstructed opening at or nearits top, of a removable open-barred soap-box adapted to be set and heldwithin said opening in the board, to expose the soap at the barred 01'perforated open side of the box on a plane with the rubbing-surface ofthe board, whereby the box may be removed and opened to receive anothercake of soap and replace it in its seat in the board.

The subject of our present improvement is to simplify and cheapen theconstruction of the soap-retainer and in the provision and conveniencefor replenishing the soap. The board has a hole or open receptacle forthe removable soap-box, as in the designated application above; but theconstruction of the box is different, and the manner of pnttin g in thesoap rendered easier.

The said improvement will be fully understood from the accompanyingdrawings and following description.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of awash-board embracing our improvement; Fig. 2, a perspective, lookingfrom the rear at the open side of the soapholding box; Fig. 3, avertical longitudinal.

section of the box as seated in the board, and.

Fig. 4 a cross-section of the soap-box, and Fig. 5 a View of the openside of. the soap-box.

The box A has a flanged or beaded rim, a a, by which to seat it in theboard-opening, and wires b b, crossing the open top of said box, toconfine the soapcake B, which is held up to said cross-wires by afollower-seat, O, actuated by springs D D in a manner similar to thatdescribed in the application made by us jointly on January 2, 1885,under Serial No. 151,784. The present box has an open side, E-that is tosay, there are only three sides to the barred box, and when placed inthe hole in the washboard the open side becomes an open receptacle forthe soap, as seen in the perspective Fig. 2, so that the barred top isnot made rcmovable.

In order to put the cake of soap in the box, the follower-scat C, whichis held against the cross-wires b b by springs D D, is pressed down byplacing the thumb upon it over the center in between the wires until itis lowered sufliciently, as in Fig. 5, when a cake of soap can readilybe inserted through the open side of the box, overand upon thefollower-seat,which then being released forces the cake of soap againstthe wires liush with the face of the wash-board, and as fast as worn byrubbing is still urged by the follower in a manner analogous to that setforth in the applications for United States Letters Patent specificallyhereinbcfore designated,to which reference is made. In this constructionthe box and grated or barred open top are made as a single device orclosure of soldered parts of galvanized sheet metal, with one side open,giving convenient means for placing the follower and springs, whichlatter are soldered to the bottom of the box, and the follower issoldered upon the springs. The top of the box at its open side has adownward-projecting strip at the edge of its barred top, to keep thecake of soap from being pushed out of the box; but this is notessential, as the follower will hold the soap sufficiently against thecross-wires.

In placing the soap-retaining box in its seat in the wash-board the openside of said box must be next the top of the board. The follower can bebent or upset at its edges to give it strength, and the box has bottomopenings to let out the water.

The box may be of any form and size, and the hole or opening in theboard must correspond. I

The box can be adjusted to either side of a In testimony whereof we havehereunto set double wash-board, and in either case it makes our hands inthe presence of two subscribing a self-soaping Wash-board.

witnesses.

A Wash-board having a hole or opening in JAMES W. WILLIAMS. its upperpart, in combination with a soap- IRVINE H. EDDY. retaining box open atits side, having an openbairred top, and containing a springfoilower,\Vitnesses:

whereby the box and its barred top are made fixed parts and the soapinserted at the open side, as shown and described.

ED. 1?. FISHBACK, C. L. BROTHERS.

